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Lord Clive Baillieu was a prominent figure in the mining industry and was influential in revitalising British industry after the Second World War.

Baillieu began his studies at The University of Melbourne and then read law at the University of Oxford's Magdalen College, where he attained Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees. He represented Oxford at rowing and obtained a Blue in 1913.

After being admitted as a Barrister to London's Inner Temple he returned to Victoria to practise as a Barrister and Solicitor. In the First World War he was honoured as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service to the British Expeditionary Force in France.

Baillieu held several prominent business positions. He was Joint Deputy Chairman of Rio Tinto-Zinc Corporation, a company with interests in the United States, Australia and Europe. He was also President of the Dunlop Rubber Company and a Director of several mining companies.

A member of the British Broadcasting Corporation's General Advisory Council, Baillieu represented Australia at the 1928 Imperial Wireless Conference, for which he received the Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. He was then Chairman of the 1930 Imperial Wireless Conference.

For 17 years he served as Australian representative on the Imperial Economic Committee and was also its Deputy Chairman. During the 1940s Baillieu was President of the Federation of British Industries and a member of the National Industrial Council.

The Baillieu Report to the National Industrial Council led to the establishment of the British Institute of Management, of which he became the first President. Baillieu then headed the British Trade Commission to Argentina in 1948. He received the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his extensive public service and accepted a life peerage in 1953.